Regulations last checked for updates: May 23, 2025

Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights last revised: Apr 30, 2025
§ 384.8 - Unclaimed funds.

If the Collective is unable to identify or locate a Copyright Owner who is entitled to receive a royalty distribution under this part, the Collective shall retain the required payment in a segregated trust account for a period of 3 years from the date of distribution. No claim to such distribution shall be valid after the expiration of the 3-year period. After expiration of this period, the Collective may apply the unclaimed funds to offset any costs deductible under 17 U.S.C. 114(g)(3). The foregoing shall apply notwithstanding the common law or statutes of any State.

[78 FR 66278, Nov. 5, 2013]
authority: 17 U.S.C. 112(e), 801(b)(1)
source: 73 FR 16199, Mar. 27, 2008, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 37 CFR 384.8